# Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989, Section 16: Discharge of prisoners.

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(2) A prisoner discharged from a prison situated outside the . . . area in which he was convicted shall be entitled to be taken back to that . . . area at the expense of the Secretary of State.
(3) In this section, “area” means the area of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/45/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-16
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